Kids Can Knit Their Own Friendship Bracelets

Making friendship bracelets is a phase that I really hope still happens for kids (I still have the bracelet the first boy I ever had a crush on made for me!). There are a lot of different kinds of bracelets kids can make to share with their friends, but this little knit friendship bracelet from Knits’ End is really cute and pretty easy even for beginner knitters.

It has a little bit of a twist (not quite a cable) worked into the stitches for added interest, but honestly you could just knit a bracelet out of Garter Stitch, too (I’ve done that for my daughter, and it’s a great first knitting project).

Either way it won’t take long to stitch up a bunch of bracelets to give to kids.

Do you have a friendship bracelet story? I’d love to hear it!

[Photo: Knits’ End.]

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Why should the fireplace get all the fun? Instead of knitting stockings this year, why not whip up a pair of Christmas themed socks? These Christmas sock knitting patterns are lots of fun to make and you can wear them to holiday gatherings for years to come.

For our friends in the southern part of the world, there are the Christmas in July socks from the Kiwi Lodge – Kylie (Ravelry link). These shorty socks are covered in Christmas trees and have bright pink heels and toes for a tropical feel. There’s also an option to make a longer sock if you celebrate somewhere it’s colder.

Twin Stitches Designs (Ravelry) has a fun pattern with mix and match colorwork motifs you can use to build your own cozy Christmas socks. From the sample socks I see Christmas puddings, trucks hauling trees, Santa belts, ornaments and a couple of different borders. There may be more patterns included but the listing doesn’t say. Make a pair that matches or use different motifs on each foot for extra holiday cheer.

If you want to stick to Christmas puddings on your holiday socks, check out this cute pattern from Stone Knits. These lovely socks feature a band of puddings around the leg and a bit of holly by the toes.

These vintage holiday light socks from Grey Owl Knits by Sarah are classic looking and lots of fun at the same time. I love this color combination but of course you can make your lights and stripes whatever colors you like or have on hand. They’re worked using stranded knitting.

And if you’d like even more of a mix of patterns for your socks, try Barbara Ceglédi’s Christmas Chaos socks, a free pattern on Ravelry. The pattern includes 25 little motifs you can choose from, ranging from snowflakes and Christmas trees to elf hats, reindeer and hearts.

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